Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Last Summer (of You and Me) ~ Ann Brashares

The story of two sisters, Alice and Riley, and their best friend from childhood, Paul, and the summer that changes everyone's lives. As they all make the final turn from childhood into their adult lives, Alice, Paul and Riley experience pain, lose and love.

I really enjoyed this book, it is not nearly as teenage as her previous series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Much more adult, with a definite chick-lit leaning, which I usually am not to fond of, but this one was really good.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

A Jaguar's Kiss ~ Lora Leigh

this is part of the Breed's series and a portion of the Shifters Anthology. Saban is a Jaguar Breed, sent to escort Natalie, a new teacher, to Buffalo Gap, just out side the Breed Sanctuary. As soon as he sees her Saban knows that Natalie is to be his mate. Now he only has to convince her, and get rid of her controlling ex-husband.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Shadow Music ~ Julie Garwood

the second in the Shadow series, part of the Buchanan series. Princess Gabrielle of St Biel is supposed to marry a Scottish laird, only days before the ceremony, he is killed. Through a twist of fate, and several unforeseen events, Gabrielle ends up marrying Laird Colm MacHugh. And they continue the search for the wealth of St Biel.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Pegasus in Flight ~ Anne McCaffrey

This the second in the Pegasus series. It takes place two generations after the first book, with descendants of those characters. Rhyssa is now the Director of the Center, and always on the look out for new talents, as well as trying to manage the talents she has in the jobs that need them. Suddenly, something is invading Rhyssa's sleep after some investigation they find that it is Peter, a young man who has recently been injured and has discovered that through Talent he can escape his injured body, and now they just need to figure out how to train him, and how much he can do.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Undead Next Door ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the fourth book in the Vampire series. Jean Luc is a Parisian fashion designer, and the press is starting to wonder why he never ages. So he needs to go into hiding for a while, several years, so that he can come back later as his own son. So he decides he will hide in Texas, and during the opening of his new store, he meets Heather, a local school teacher, and begins to fall for her. A man shows up from his past, an enemy bent on revenge. Who's favorite method of tormenting Jean Luc is to kill his women. Jean Luc is determined to protect Heather. Can they manage?

Be still my Vampire Heart ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the third in the vampire series. Angus is the head of a security company that provides security for many of the big vampires, the heads of different covens. And a friend of Roman's. When the head of the Russian Coven threatens Roman with a vampire war if another of her vampires is killed, Angus comes to investigate what is happening. Emma is a member of the CIA Stake-Out unit, and actively hunting all vampires, to the point of stalking Central Park at night to stake vampires. Angus discovers who is responsible for the vampire slayings and does his best to protect her.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Vamps and the City ~ Kerrilyn Sparks

this is the second in the vampire series. Darcy was a news reporter before she was transformed into a vampire, she severely misses the work so she applies at the vampire television network, and comes up with the idea of a vampire reality show, The Sexiest Man on Earth. As a twist she plans to have some humans hidden among the vampire men for a twist. One of the men selected to be on the show is Austin, he is a member of a CIA unit called Stake-Out, who's goal is to kill all vampires. Austin knows about the vampires, but is trying to convince himself that Darcy can't possibly be a vampire, for reasons of his own!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the first in the Vampire series. Roman is a vampire, he has developed a line of synthetic blood so that his species no longer have to life off moral humans. Shanna has witnessed a murder, and testified against the mob, and is now on the run, they have found her again when Roman happens into her life, and does his best to protect her. She is shocked when she discovers what he really is, but finds herself caring for him any way.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Wildfire ~ Cheyenne McCray

This is book one in the wild series. Dean MacLoed has never forgotten the man she loves, who walked away from her 10 years ago, saying he just wasn't ready for commitment. Jake Reynolds has regretted walking away for the last 10 years, but he is back now and determined to make Dean love him again.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Twelve Sharp ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the twelfth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Ranger has informed Stephanie that he is going away on business, when suddenly a woman claiming to be Ranger's wife is harassing Stephanie, and then it is all over the news that Ranger's daughter, has been kidnapped, supposedly by Ranger. Stephanie can't get a hold of Ranger to check in with him, but something is telling her that he is not responsible for these events. Can Stephanie figure out what is going on, and help rescue the child?

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Eleven on Top ~ Janet Evanovich

The is the twelfth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie has quit being a bounty hunter, she is on the lookout for something new. She goes through 3 jobs in under a week and it appears that, even though she is no longer a bounty hunter, someone is out to get her, leaving bombs on cars, notes in her apartment, and in general, hunting her. Lula is attempting to fill Stephanie's bounty hunting shoes, but seems to be having trouble. And Morelli ends up with a broken leg, and now Stephanie is trying to help take care of him too.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the seventh book in the Stephanie Plum series. Morelli has asked Stephanie to marry him, Stephanie is unsure if she is ready to get married, at the same time she is given a semi-retired gangster who has gone FTA to recover. And one of Stephanie's friends, Dougie Kruper, also known as The Dealer, has disappeared. Stephanie sets out to recover the old gangster, who is blind, but still prone to shooting at his problems, and locate the dealer, while it appears her personal life is running away without her. At the same time, Ranger is making his interest in Stephanie clear, further complicating her life.

Monday, January 21, 2008

The Warrior ~ Kinley MacGregor

this is one of the books in the Brotherhood of the Sword series. Historical romance, set shortly after the crusades. Lachlan McGregor is a highland laird, who has reason to believe, that the brother he thought dead for many years, may still be alive. He leaves the highlands in search of his brother, and is searching in France when he comes across Catarina, running from her captors, and rescues her. Only to discover that she is the king's daughter and the captors are hired by her father to return her to him for an arranged marriage. Lachlan ends up promising to see her safely to an uncle who will protect her. Along the way they meet several members of the Brotherhood of the Sword, who aid them along their way.

Friday, January 18, 2008

One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich

The first in her Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie is desperate for work, and blackmails her cousin Vinnie into giving her a job as a bounty hunter. She fumbles her way through to solve the crime and apprehend the fugitive to get her money.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Blood Brothers ~ Nora Roberts

This is the first in the Sign of Seven trilogy. Cal Hawkins and his two best friends went out on a camping trip for their tenth birthday, and inadvertently set something free. What ever it is comes back every 7 years, for 7 nights. Now, as the 3rd return approaches, Quinn wants to write a book about the strange happenings in Hawkins Hollow. She gets to town and starts to investigate, and strange things begin to happen. Will they figure out what they need to do?

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Man Within ~ Lora Leigh

** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. **

This is the second book in the Breeds series. It takes place just a few months after Tempting the Beast. Taber is a member of the Pride, the group of Feline Breeds that went public with Callan. Roni is a girl from the small town were the pride had spent the last few years hiding, she has know Taber since she was just a girl, and has always been drawn to him, and wanted him. A year ago, she thought she was finally going to get what she has always wanted, when things happened that prevented that. Roni has spent the last year believing that Taber wants nothing to do with her, while Taber has spent it believing the same. Now, circumstances beyond their control make them face each other and the facts of life.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

A Royal Pain ~ MaryJanice Davidson

the second in the Alaskan Royals series. Princess Alexandria has suffered from insomnia and nightmares since the attack on her father, and it is taking a toll on her. Her family is worried about her, and decides that a trip to North Dakota is the perfect break from palace life. While in North Dakota, Alex meets Dr. Rivers, a Marine Biologist, who has a complete dislike for brunettes, the rich, and cheese.

The Royal Treatment ~ MaryJanice Davidson

This is the first book in the Alaskan Royals series. This book takes place in an alternate reality, where Alaska is not a state in the U.S. but a country of it's own, with it's own royal family. Christina is an American commoner, she grew up poor, raised by just her mother, who finds herself stranded in Juneau, Alaska. She unknowingly runs into the king, who determines she would be the perfect bride for his son, and next queen of Alaska. Christina then meets David, and we follow her journey though engagement and preparation for a royal wedding and some of the pitfalls that accompany such an event.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Wife For Hire ~ Janet Evanovich

I believe this is a reprint of one of her early novels, but not certain. Quick read, great for something light and fun. Man advertises to hire a woman to pretend to be his wife for 6 months in order to get a loan. She takes the job to get the time to write a book, both also looking to escape other things in their lives, and a romance grows between the two.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Dark Highlander ~ Karen Marie Moning

This is the fifth book in the Highlander series. Deagus McKelter broke the compact with the fearie, he used the standing stones to go back in time and save his brother's life, and now the spirits of thirteen evil druids are trying to take him over. One day Chloe Zanders walks into his New York penthouse to deliver an ancient text to him, and he knows he can never let her go, but also can not offer her a future unless he figures out how to rid himself of the evil druids.